Investigating History:THE AMERICAN AERIAL BOMBINGS OF JAPANESE-HELD CLARK FIELD: DECEMBER 24, 1944(1944年12月24日、アメリカの飛行機 REMEMBERING THE BOMBING OF CLARK FIELD, DECEMBER 1944We are enjoying the cold evening of Christmas and the upcoming New Year. Going back in time, during WWII, in one of the many aerial bombardments conducted by the American navy carrier planes and Army Air …
Investigating History: DECEMBER 14, 1944: AIR RAIDS OVER BAMBAN AIRFIELD – 1944年12月14日：バンバン飛行場への空襲 INTRODUCTION: SITUATION, LATE 1944 -はじめに：1944年後半の状況On December 14, 1944, a day at the height of the Battle of Mindoro in Central Philippines, the Japanese Army and Navy air forces from Clark Field center launched a total of 69 aircraft, including 49 Kamikaze special attack. …
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Investigating History:AMERICAN SOLDIER’s IMPRESSION: MAJOR NORMAN E. THRALL, BATTLE OF BAMBAN HILLS 1945 Delivering the Talk on WWII History in the Philippines in Vigan at the national conference of the National Rizal Youth Leadership Training Institute last December 7, 2025 in Vigan, I was wearing the HBT uniform (second pattern 0D7) with accessories and gears …
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MR. KATSUMI TAUCHI: A JAPANESE SOLDIER’s JOURNEY FROM CLARK FIELD 1944 TO BAMBAN WWII MUSEUM 2025 クラーク・ヒコジョ（1945年）からバンバン博物館（2025年）までの日本兵の旅 EYEWITNESS TO SPECIAL ATTACK クラーク・ヒコジョの特別攻撃の目撃者It was November, 1944, in the edge of Mabalacat West Airfield, a young Japanese aviation engineer in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, stood along other ground crews, mechanics, and pilots; bidding goodbye to …
A DAY TO REMEMBER October 29 is such one events; it might not be a national consciousness but it had left a mark in the memory of those who lived during WWII. Such is the case in the town of Concepcion, Tarlac, where, on a sunny Sunday morning of October 29, 1944, at the height …
Investigating History: The Japanese WWII AirfieldsTHE MABALACAT EAST AIRFIELD, NOVEMBER 6, 1944 ANDNOVEMBER 1, 2025 Photos shows the Mabalacat East Airfield in aerial view taken by aircraft (probably F6F Grumman) from U.S.S Wasp that conducted massive air attacks and fighter sweeps on November 6, 1944. Two images were taken during the fighter sweeps, one overlooking …
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Investigating History:KAMIKAZE FROM MABALACAT AIRFIELDS, OCTOBER 25, 1944: NOW JAPANESE WORLD PEACE DAY1944 年 10 月 25 日、マバラカット飛行場からの神風 Clark Field area had been scenes of WWII events, being an important Japanese air forces facility. The airfields surrounding Clark, especially Mabalacat and the Clark proper air strips were used both in conventional and Kamikaze special attack …
Investigating History:THE FIRST KAMIKAZE – OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 1945: THE BEGINNING OF JAPAN’S SPECIAL ATTACK FORCE OF WWII 最初の神風特別攻撃：1945年10月20日と21日 INTRO: THE LEYTE LANDING AND THE SHOGO OPERATION 昭一号「レイテ」作戦With the landing of General MacArthur at Tacloban on October 20, 1944, it was clear that the he made true to his promise of “I shall return!” …
Memorial Day 2025WWII HEROES PROJECT 2025SERGEANT EVERETT R. BROOKS: AN AMERICAN WWII GUERRILLA LEADER IN TARLAC Bamban WWII Museum Heroes HallMay 26, 2025 is an American federal holiday, the Memorial Day, honoring military personnel who died in combat serving in the armed forces. As an American ally in WWII, at Bamban WWII Museum, we deemed …
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Investigating History:THE ATTACK ON CLARK FIELD, NOVEMBER 5, 1944: A PANORAMIC VIEW OF WWII HISTORY – クラークフィールドへの攻撃、写真。 CLARK FIELD AS JAPANESE MAIN AIRBASE – クラーク・ヒコジョを日本の主要空軍基地にBy the end of October 1944, the Japanese Army and Navy air forces’ main air base in Luzon was established at Clark Air Center, with its Clark proper, the Bamban, Mabalacat, …
